Judah Dana

Judah Dana (25 April 1772-27 December 1845) was a US Senator from Maine (D) from 7 December 1836 to 3 March 1837, succeeding Ether Shepley and preceding Reuel Williams.

Biography
Judah Dana was born in Pomfret, Vermont in 1772, and he became a lawyer in Fryeburg, Maine in 1798. He served as a district attorney and judge during the 1810s and 1820s, and he was a trustee of Bowdoin College from 1820 to 1843. In 1836, he was appointed to the US Senate to fill Ether Shepley's vacant seat, and he served until 1837. He died in 1845.